[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Khaled_Chebat:
Feedback - Valkyrie Firestorm 5.4.28014 LEO II ROM

Let's start from the end: Definitely a Winner and a Keeper :D

Now into the details.

I have flashed the 5.4.28014 LEO

II

ROM and was able to successfully:

UI:

Set HTC Sense UI as default Today Home Screen

Switch between Portrait and Landscape

Use all tabs including Weather, Stocks, Twitter, Music, Photos, and Documents

Dialer

:

Make outgoing and Receive incoming calls

HW Keyboard

:

Use Hardware keyboard including numeric and symbol inputs

SW Keyboard

:

Use Software keyboard (Both Touch and Symbols)

Wireless

:

Create Wi-Fi entries and connect including hidden networks and ones with security keys

Bluetooth

:

Setup Bluetooth headset and use it

Marketplace

:

Setup (and Update) Marketplace

Install apps from Marketplace (DO NOT INSTALL Windows Live as it will corrupt pre-installed setup)

MyPhone

:

Use MyPhone to synchronize my SMS Messages and Internet Favorites (Though it initially declined to connect via ActiveSync and worked over WiFi. No issues over ActiveSync afer.)

Email

:

Setup Outlook Exchange account and synchronize using ActiveSync over USB PC connection

Setup a POP/SMTP email account and synchronize

Setup a Hotmail account and synchronize (Email only, did not sync accounts)

Social Networking

:

Connect to Facebook, YouTube and Twitter using the Settings\Connections\Account Manager (i.e. HTC Social Networks engine)

Update my Accounts with Facebook information using the built-in Facebook integration

SMS

:

Installed latest Valkyrie LEO SMS v2.02 (

NOT v2.0 as it may delete messages!

) and HTC Messaging is working fine!

Internet

:

Browse the Internet using both IE and Opera

Increased number of bookmarks in Internet Tab (See attached)

Camera

:

Use Camera with both Xperia (Camera button) and HTC UI

I have the following *additional* setup

working

:

Action Screen: Installed and associated with Home left softkey, then fixed Alarm by pointing it to Klaxon using a registry edit (See attached)

Associated Long Press of Send key with Task Manager (Credit to Agent_47 in this post - I have cleared the steps in the attachment ;))

hTorch (Use Camera flash as Torch light)

MOBIDIV Multilingual Support 3.0 (Arabic support)

MyMobiler (Use phone from PC desktop)

Office Mobile 2010 Beta

SafeInboxExtender (Adds "Mark All As Read" to email, etc.)

Skyfire web browser

Skype

SetVolume 0.8.0 (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=395695) and used Utilities\volKey Fixer to set it to auto start

(More skins at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=401645 but did not install them)

I have

NOT

fully tested yet:

- Battery life

- Power charging (Currently charged using PC USB connection)

- Long term stability ;) [Single hang-up since burning ROM yesterday - have Wi-Fi enabled in Standby Mode, could be reason]

Voice Recorder:

Check this post for a fix

Issue/Problem:

Do NOT install AE Button Plus :(...

I faced an issue with incoming calls not ringing even though all settings are correct and audio is working!

After long testing and hard resets, I pinpointed it to AE Button Plus which once uninstalled all went back to normal :confused:

Guess can't have it all, right?! :rolleyes: